Your Greatest ever Bulldogs team (From your generation)

[Nano]

Man we have had some superb players come out of our club!

It brings back memories

 

[Shootermc]

1. B. Barba
2. H.El Masri
3. J. Morris
4. C.Mortimer
5. C.Anderson
6. T.Lamb
7. S. Mortimer
8. P.Kelly
9. G. Peponis
10. J. Graham
11. S.B. Williams
12. D. Gillespie
13. D. Smith
Bench
14. J. Thurston
15. J. Dymock
16. S. Price
17. W. Mason
18. T. Browne for the sheer fact of weight in numbers, you have worn it more then any other

 

[Bulldog wazza]

1 Luke Patten
2 Hazem El Masri
3 Chris Mortimer
4 Nigel Vagana
5 Brett Dallas
6 Terry Lamb
7 Jonathan Thurston
8 Steve Price
9 Jason Hetherington
10 O meley
11 SBW
12 Gillespie
13 Dymock

reserves

Darren Smith
Willie Mason
James Graham
Brad Clyde

 

[Old Bulldog]

A view from further back in time.

01) Les Johns
02) Chris Anderson
03) Johnny Greaves
04) Chris Mortimer
05) Hazem El Masri
06) Terry Lamb
07) Steve Mortimer
08) David Gillespe
09) Dr George Peponis
10) Bill Noonan
11) Peter Kelly
12) David Gillespie
13) Jason Smith

14) Steve Price
15) Gary Dowling
16) Graeme Hughes
17) Sonny Bill Williams

 

[Nano]

A view from further back in time.

01) Les Johns
02) Chris Anderson
03) Johnny Greaves
04) Chris Mortimer
05) Hazem El Masri
06) Terry Lamb
07) Steve Mortimer
08) David Gillespe
09) Dr George Peponis
10) Bill Noonan
11) Peter Kelly
12) David Gillespie
13) Jason Smith

14) Steve Price
15) Gary Dowling
16) Graeme Hughes
17) Sonny Bill Williams

Add Barba or Graham to that team and my lord.

 

[TheBarba]

1) Patten
2) Halligan
3) McCracken
4) Tonga
5) Hazem
6) Lamb
7) Sherwin
8) O'Meley
9) Ennis
10) Graham
11) Price
12) Smith (Jason)
13) Dymock

14) Mason
15) Barba
16) Smith (Darren)
17) Britt

 

[Freakzilla]

01. Ben Barba
02. Hazem El-Masri (k)
03. Nigel Vagana
04. Gary Connolly
05. Mathew Ryan
06. Terry Lamb (vc)
07. Steve Mortimer (c)
08. Darren Britt
09. Jason Hethrington
10. Dean Pay
11. David Gillespie
12. Sonny Bill Williams
13. Jim Dymock

14. James Graham
15. Willie Mason
16. Jason Smith
17. Darren Smith

 

[theitaliandog]

1 mick potter
2 chris anderson
3 chris mortimer
4 andrew farrar
5 gary connolly
6terry lamb
7steve mortimer
8 paul dunn
9 joe thomas
10 peter tunks
11 david gillespie
12 steve folks
13 paul langmack

14 peter kelly
15 jim dymock
16 geoff robinson
17 brain battese

 

[racin jason]

1. Luke Patten
2. Hazem El Masri
3. Chris Mortimer
4. Nigel Vagana
5. Steve O'Brien
6. Terry Lamb
7. Steve Mortimer
8. Peter Tunks
9. Jason Hetherington
10. Darren Britt
11. David Gillespie
12. Steve Folkes
13. Jim Dymock

14. Peter Kelly
15. Dean Pay
16. Craig Polla-Mounter
17. Steve Price

 

[NallaC]

1.Potter
2. El Masri
3. Mortimer
4. Mc Cracken
5.Conolly
6.Lamb
7.Mortimer
13.Smith
12.Gillespi
11. Pay
10.Graham
9. Ennis
8.Price

14.Thurston
15.SBW
16.Britt
17.O Meley

COACH
WAZZA

 

[rainman]

1 mick potter
2 chris anderson
3 chris mortimer
4 andrew farrar
5 gary connolly
6terry lamb
7steve mortimer
8 paul dunn
9 joe thomas
10 peter tunks
11 david gillespie
12 steve folks
13 paul langmack

14 peter kelly
15 jim dymock
16 geoff robinson
17 brain battese

Brings back great memories of teams being smashed, loved that period

 

[rainman]

1. Greg Fleming
2. Glen Frendo
3. Any Patmore
4. Darren Brown
5. Troy Clark
6. Greg Mackey
7. Mal Creevey
8. Scott Tronc
9. Geordie Peats
10. Mitch Newton
11. Phil Gould
12. Glen Hughes
13. Jim Leis

14. Gavin Hill
15. Darren MCarthey
16. Tas Baiteri
17. Mark Robinson

I gave you a thumbs up just for effort, what a collection of shockers

 

[Chris Harding]

1. Les Johns
2. Johnny Rhodes
3. Johnny Greaves
4. Josh Morris
5. Hasem El-masri
6. Terry Lamb
7. Steve Mortimer
8. Jason Hetherington
9. David Gillespie
10. James Graham
11. Merv. Hicks
12. Michael Ennis
13. Kevin Ryan

 

[Doggies_4_Ever]

1 The general Patten
2 Hazem El Masri
3 Nigel Vangana
4 Willie Talua
5 Daryl Halligan
6 Terry Lamb
7 Brent Sherwin
8 Willie Mason
9 Jason Hetherington
10 Steve Price
11 Money Bill Williams
12 The Bobcat (Ryan)
13 Tony Grimaldi

14 Roy Asotasi
15 Jonathon Thurston
16 Aiden Tolman
17 James Graham

 

[1974 BERRIES]

1974 V 1980 V 2012- The real entertainers

I was too young to recall the 1967 GF, Canterbury's best side since the war. I was witness to the 1974 decider, a wonderful side. Six years later, the bulldogs gained their revenge against Easts.
These fore mentioned teams, IMO , have been our most entertaining Canterbury sides I have seen. THIS IS MY GREATEST COMBINED TEAM FROM THOSE SIDES.
1-BEN BARBA...the first player I chose. Hahaha
2-STEVE GEARIN...scored the greatest ever try in a GF
3-STAN CUTLER...very underrated
4-PETER MORTIMER....one of the greats
5-C.ANDERSON.... Try scoring legend
6-JOSH REYNOLDS...nudges out Gary Hughes
7-STEVE MORTIMER...would love him today
13-MARK HUGHES....light on his feet, great ball skills
12-JOHN PEEK....could offload in traffic
11-GRAEME HUGHES..... Gifted ball runner
10- JAMES GRAHAM.... Picks himself
9- GEORGE PEPONIS.... Test captain, could find a try.captain
8- BRIAN LOCKWOOD.... English legend
reserves- S.Folkes, S.Kasiano, G.Robinson, D.Moseley.

This side would match any of the great teams. They knew how to entertain.
Thoughts ???

 

[likeadoggy]

Reynolds over Lamb. I think dementia is kicking in.

 

[1974 BERRIES]

Reynolds over Lamb. I think dementia is kicking in.

Likeadoggy, I'd have terry lamb over Reynolds any day, but for this exercise , it was just those 3 teams. Baa baa didn't play in those teams

 

[Moey]

My team is from mid 80s till now and based on their abilities and not based on consistancy etc

1. Ewan McGrady
2. M Utai
3. J Morris
4. C Mortimer ( special mention to Garry Conolly, played for 1 season with us and WOW)
5. B Dallas ( based on pure speed and his combination with Lamb, Lamb used to love kickin for him)
6. T Lamb
7. S Mortimer
13. J Dymock
12. Sonny Bill Williams
11. Jason Smith
10. Darren Britt
9. Jason Hetherington
8. Sam Kasiano

Reserves

14. Steve Price
15. Willie Mason
16. Darren Smith
17. David Gillespie

Also another player who didnt make list but deserves special mention JOnathon Davies the Welsh Wizard

 

[rockets10]

I went through everyone's answers and was very disappointed that the greatest wasted talent in rugby league history (could have been anything) Ewan McGrady was only mentioned once (on the bench). I can understand people picking Turvey ahead of him, but in the teams of the 90's onwards guys like Brent Sherwin(solid player) and Daryl Trindell got more mentions, no offence those guys were not good enough to carry his bags IMO. Also JT rated more mentions but he only played 29 games at the dogs whereas Mcgrady put in 60 games which i was privileged to watch him carve teams up at Belmore in the early 90's. Ewan i salute you and i hope ive brought you back into peoples memories! champion!!

 

[Allan]

I was looking through the 1980 team as shown on the Bulldogs website. It is the team that meant more to me than any other in our history. Not only did they win the GF but they did it in style.

Looking through the team a few things struck me:

1. They were not very big physically. Today's forwards are giants by comparison.

2. There were some stars in there such as Steve Mortimer and George Peponis but mainly they were solid first graders with a good attitude.

In 1980 my mother was still alive and a passionate Dogs supporter. She attended every game in Sydney she could reach. She arrived at the ground at 10:00am each Sunday and watched all the grades. She sat with the players' families and knew each player from there first game. She knew Peter Moore and his family very well. She never traded on these friendships for any purpose but the teams were all part of her family.

The 1980 team were part of that family and they played like they were a family. For instance no one could mention Gary Hughes as one of the great 5/8th's but he played his heart out and was part of a winning team. Geoff Robinson played like a guy who was 7 feet tall and weighed 130 kgs but in reality he was a little guy.

For me they will always be my mental picture of the Bulldogs whenever I think of them. We have an outstanding team and club now but they can never compete with the entertainers.